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P.S. Дебора, Вы же журналист. Как же Вы попались на такие очевидные приёмы манипуляции сознанием?
Yurka, do you think Russians are not being "manipulated"? Do you think Putin has nothing but kindness and love for everyone in his heart and that the Russian Orthodox Church is not taking advantage of Russian homophobia to increase its influence and power?

I find it interesting how many people drag every other issue but the kitchen sink, into this discussion! Suddenly, it isn't just a discussion about gay rights, but it becomes a discussion about slavery, Jewish oppression, and every other evil America has committed over the past two hundred years!

I have not brought up Stalin, or the "Gulag Archipelago" or the Cuban Missile Crisis, or Krushchev banging his shoes on the table at the UN.

It's precisely because I am a journalist, and have an open mind and a deep desire to find the truth, that I was able to conquer my own personal homophobia and reach the conclusion that gay people are not "sick" or "evil" or "possessed by Satan." Because of my open mind, I also love Russia even right now when it is not "fashionable" - as Doomer says - in the US. I do not support a boycott of the Olympics in Sochi, and I have stated this several times in this thread, and on other threads, and on Facebook. I have even lost some of my American friends because I do not support the boycott or agree that Russians are "evil."

On the other hand, I have been attacked personally several times now on this forum because of my statements supporting gay rights. Someone from St. Petersburg, Russia, has even tried to hack into my husband's business website. That is how much some people here seem to hate me, and apparently my husband too - even though he hasn't participated in this discussion. What is next, death threats?

I do not understand all the anger and hatred here. I have made lots of posts about problems in the United States. I am not blind to the problems in my own country. It's just that I do not think allowing gay people to kiss in public, get married, and live openly and honestly is one of the problems. I think that is one of the things my country is doing right!